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Ujjain Station to Ram Ghat: The Way, Step by Step

KumbhMela.info Editorial TeamChecked on Tue 20 Oct 2026

Ram Ghat is about 2.3 to 2.7 km west of Ujjain Junction on foot. The usual pilgrim way is past the Mahakaleshwar temple: the district puts the temple 2 km from the station, and Ram Ghat is a short walk further west, near Harsiddhi Temple.

EvergreenChecked on Tue 20 Oct 2026

The way and the distances come from OpenStreetMap and route planners, with official distances where the district gives them, checked on 20 October 2026. Arrangements on bathing days are from past melas, with their year; they are not the plan for the next one.

Also asked as Ujjain station se Ram Ghat kaise jaayein?

The way, step by step

Each stop is shown at its distance from the start, along the route measured on OpenStreetMap.

  • About 3.1 km by road
  • About 2.3 km on foot
  1. 0 kmUjjain Junction railway station
  2. 0.1 kmDewas Gate bus stand
  3. 1.5 kmMahakaleshwar Temple Road
  4. 1.7 kmMahakaleshwar Temple parking
  5. 1.7 kmMahakaleshwar Temple
  6. 2 kmBada Ganesh Mandir
  7. 2.3 kmHarsiddhi Temple
  8. 2.7 kmRam Ghat

Roads in order: Mahakaleshwar Temple Road, Mahakaleshwar Temple Road.

Distances measured along the OSRM foot route via Mahakaleshwar Temple Road, 2.68 km on OpenStreetMap, checked on Tue 20 Oct 2026. Not to scale, and not a route for the main bathing days, when roads close and the mela administration sets the way.

On ordinary days

About 30 to 35 minutes on foot (router estimates 31 minutes for the shortest route and 36 minutes via the Mahakaleshwar temple).

  • Walk: About 2.3 km by the shortest mapped route, or 2.7 km via Mahakaleshwar Temple Road, past the temple, Bada Ganesh Mandir and Harsiddhi Temple to the ghat.
  • City bus: The Ujjain Darshan electric bus, launched on 27 September 2026, runs a 27.01 km circuit from Meghdoot Van Parking that covers Mahakal Lok, Harsiddhi Temple, the Shipra, the bus stand and Ujjain Railway Station; passengers can get off and reboard. The district’s travel page also lists an AC city bus service.

Where it is

Ujjain: temples and arrival pointsShipra12345671 kmN
Ujjain: temples and arrival points
  1. 1Mahakaleshwar TempleTemple
  2. 2Ram GhatGhat · Bathing place
  3. 3Kal Bhairav TempleTemple
  4. 4Chintaman Ganesh TempleTemple
  5. 5Ujjain Junction railway stationRailway
  6. 6Dewas Gate bus standBus
  7. 7Nanakheda bus standBus

A guide to where places are, not a route plan. During the mela, roads and ghats open and close by the official plan; follow police and mela directions.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Some temple locations from Wikidata (CC0). openstreetmap.org/copyright

On the main bathing days, last time

Past arrangements only, with the year of each. They are not the plan for Simhastha 2028, which had not been published when this file was checked on 20 October 2026.

No past plan found that names a walking route or shuttle from Ujjain Junction to Ram Ghat.

Pilgrims on the long steps of Ram Ghat beside the Shipra river in Ujjain, with trees and temples above.Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Shipra at Ram Ghat, the main ghat of the Ujjain Simhastha

2016: Simhastha 2016

The official Simhastha website had a traffic route plan page by 17 April 2016, five days before the first shahi snan. Its contents were not re-read for this file.

2016: Simhastha 2016

For the 2016 Kumbh, the railways added an entry and circulating area on the Neel Ganga Colony side of Ujjain station, an extra foot over bridge at the Bhopal end and an extension of the bridge at the Nagda end.

2016: Last shahi snan, 21 May 2016

The Vaishnava akharas bathed at Ram Ghat and the Shaiva akharas at Dutt Akhara ghat, from 3 am, and the ghats were to open to other pilgrims after them. The report gives two different opening times, so no time is given here.

Questions people ask

How far is Ram Ghat from Ujjain railway station?

About 2.3 km on foot by the shortest OpenStreetMap route, or about 2.7 km if you walk past the Mahakaleshwar temple. The district puts the temple 2 km from the station.

Which Ram Ghat is the Simhastha bathing ghat?

Ram Ghat on the Shipra, near Harsiddhi Temple and a short walk west of the Mahakaleshwar temple. The Ujjain district says the Shahi bath of the Simhastha takes place there. Some online maps show a second point named Ram Ghat about 1.7 km to the south; it is not this ghat.

Ujjain station se Ram Ghat kaise jaayein?

Walk about 2.7 km west past the Mahakaleshwar temple, or use the Ujjain Darshan electric bus, whose circuit covers the railway station and Harsiddhi Temple, near Ram Ghat.

Where next

How to reachTrains, buses, roads and the last stretch
Where to stayAreas, camps and what to check
Ghats and placesWhere the bathing happens

Sources

15 sources · checked 20 Oct 2026
  1. Culture and Heritage, Ujjain (Sapta Puri verse and old names) · District Ujjain, Government of Madhya Pradesh ·
  2. Sawari Route and festival notes (About Temple page), Shri Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga · Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple Management Committee, Ujjain ·
  3. Special Arrangements by Indian Railways for Simhasta Kumbh Mela At Ujjain · Press Information Bureau, Government of India (Ministry of Railways) ·
  4. CM Dr. Yadav Launches PM e-Bus and Ujjain Darshan from Mahakal Lok · Directorate of Public Relations (Jansampark), Government of Madhya Pradesh ·
  5. 10 Must-Visit Temples and Tourist Places in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh · Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board, Government of Madhya Pradesh ·
  6. Harsiddhi Temple, Ujjain 01 to 04, Wikimedia Commons (geotagged photographs) · Wikimedia Commons (various photographers) ·
  7. Category:Ram Ghat, Ujjain, Wikimedia Commons (geotagged photographs) · Wikimedia Commons (various photographers) ·
  8. OpenStreetMap data read through the Overpass API (points, roads and landmarks for the five routes) · OpenStreetMap contributors (data under the Open Database License), read through the Overpass API (overpass-api.de) ·
  9. OSRM public demo server, driving profile (route distances by road) · Project OSRM public demo server (router.project-osrm.org), OpenStreetMap data ·
  10. FOSSGIS OSRM server, foot profile (walking distances) · FOSSGIS e.V. OSRM server (routing.openstreetmap.de, routed-foot), OpenStreetMap data ·
  11. Last Shahi Snan of century's second Simhastha on May 21 (bilingual report), Indian Employees, 19 May 2016 · Indian Employees ·
  12. Special arrangements by Indian Railways for Simhasta Kumbh Mela at Ujjain (re-read), PIB, 1 Mar 2016 · Press Information Bureau, Government of India (Ministry of Railways) ·
  13. Places of Interest, District Ujjain · District Ujjain, Government of Madhya Pradesh (NIC) ·
  14. Traffic Rout Plan, official Simhasth Ujjain 2016 website, archived 17 Apr 2016 · Simhasth Kumbh Mahaparv Ujjain 2016 official website (Government of Madhya Pradesh), via the Internet Archive ·
  15. How to Reach, District Ujjain · District Ujjain, Government of Madhya Pradesh ·